Those using debian can try ntpdate. It is a simple package that does the trick. Rejean Proulx Visit my family at http://interfree.ca MSN is: rejp at rogers.com Ham License VA3REJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <gena-j@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:09 PM Subject: Re: My Clock Is Confused > Hi > > Or you could simply install a package that gets the time from a ntp > server such as chrony or ntp. There are plenty of open access servers > around the world. > > Gena > > >Yeah, the syntax of date is pretty weird. > > > >In a nutshell, you want to pass 8 digits to the date command > >Digits 1 and 2 specify the month (I.E. 10 for October). > > > >Digits 3 and 4 specify the day (I.E. 06 for the 6th day of the month). > > > >Digits 5 and 6 specify the hour (I.E. 14 for 2 P.M.) (remember that > >you're dealing with a 24 hour clock here). It's possible to specify > >the hour in 12 hour format with an A or P at the end of the number > >string, but I've always used 24 hour format for this, so haven't tried > >the A or P myself. > > > >The final 7 and 8 digits specify the minute (I.E. 40 for the 40th > >minute). > > > >So, for example, if you wanted to set your clock to October 06th, > >14:40, you would do as root > >"date 10061440" > >and that should do it, preserving whatever time zone you've got set at > >the time. What I mean by that, is that only the hour/minute will > >change, but your time zone won't. > > > >Wonder why they didn't implement the date and time changes separately > >in unix, would have sure made things less confusing for newbies to > >learn. > > > >Hth. > > > >Greg > > > >P.S., once you've got this set, you won't need to worry about it, > >assuming your cmos battery has charge of course to keep the clock > >going when your machine is off. > > > >On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 01:38:50PM -0400, Rejean Proulx wrote: > >> OK, I've done that and it was correct. Now I have to reset my clock. I ran > >> base-config, just the first part of it and told it that my clock is not UTC. > >> Now I am 4 hours behind. If I tell it my hardware clock is UTC then it puts > >> me 4 hours ahead. How to I reset the clock to the right time and run a > >> program to keep it that way? I tried the date command and the parameters > >> are strange. I haven't been able to get it right yet. > >> > >> Rejean Proulx > >> Visit my family at http://interfree.ca > >> MSN is: rejp at rogers.com > >> Ham License VA3REJ > >> > > > >-- > >Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
